Brenda Tremblay's blog

Click on the attachment below to hear an interview with actor David Jason Kyle about his one-man show at Blackfriars Theater in Rochester.

Click here to read conductor Leonard Slatkin's description of his heart attack and recovery process: http://leonardslatkin.com/.

U of R Medical Center Chamber Orchestra

Click on the attachment below to hear an interview about a chamber orchestra of  medical professionals.

Fresh from Athens and just a few days after singing Mahler's Das Lied Von Der Erde at Carnegie Hall, tenor Gregory Kunde (who lives in Rochester) will pick up a baton on November 1 at St. Anne Church and conduct Brahms' German Requiem. If you've never seen him sing, here's his performance of Bellini's "A te o cara" from I Puritani.

Translation: To you, oh dear one, love at times lead me furtively and in tears; now it guides me to your side in joy and exultation. At the radiance of such a beautiful hour if I remember my torment, it redoubles my happiness, and I cherish my heart’s beating.

Over the first weekend of October, nearly 8,000 people experienced Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" performed by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Rochester Oratorio Society in the newly-renovated Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. One patron blogged about what she saw and heard, and she inspired me to share this clip with you.

Click here for NPR's story on fiscal woes facing the RPO.
 
This piece highlights the problems facing the Philadelphia orchestra.